Jeremy Corbyn loses his temper when asked if he might step down before the 2020 election

Sky News
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn appears to be running out of patience with people who ask whether he will step down as leader after the party's disastrous performance in last week's by-elections, as this video from Sky News shows.

Labour lost a safe seat it should have won and held another safe seat with a reduced margin only after a gaffe-strewn performance by UKIP. Losing a safe seat in a by-election to the government is almost unheard of. In fact, the last time it happened was in 1982.

But Corbyn isn't famous for being introspective about his own flaws. He doesn't generally become angry in public, either. So it is news when he loses his temper. At the Scottish Labour conference this weekend Corbyn was asked repeatedly by Sky News whether he would consider resigning before the 2020 general election — the implication being that if he did not Labour would obviously lose.

Corbyn, taking the bait, snarled, "I've given you a very, very clear answer, yes," before immediately regaining his composure: